The Master of Demon Gorge: A Chinese History Podcast

Regarding the author of "The Dream of the Red Chamber," the greatest novel ever written in the Chinese language.Support the show

I think the Ming Dynasty novel contains in it a history of the Chinese Communist Party written centuries before the Party existed.Support the show

The tale of the Ming Dynasty general who switched sides and helped to bring it down and the woman whose legendary beautiful supposedly made him do it.Support the show

Regarding one of the greatest calligraphers who ever lived, and one of the worst prime ministers in Chinese historySupport the show

A most significant military family during the Northern Song Dynasty.Support the show

About a classical Chinese expression and the two men behind it.Support the show

Regarding the late-Ming mandarin and his ethical choices.Support the show

August 1, 1927: a date that lives in PRC history.Support the show

Mt. Lu or Lushan, the object of so much classical Chinese poetry, the site of so much modern Chinese history.Support the show

The Han Dynasty inventor of the Taichu Calendar.Support the show